Around the world with an abundance of Miles!

Milesabound Travel Blog by Philip Hall, Raleigh NC

Milesabound Philip Hall Raleigh NC Travel Blog

Hi! And welcome to Miles Abound! My name is Philip Hall, I live in Raleigh, North Carolina, and I created this blog in order to share my passion for gathering and then spending an abundance of airline miles, hotel points, bank points and other tricks to travel the world in style. I typically use about 1 million miles and points a year, and keep an average balance of 2-3 million points across programs and between all family members!

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I have been finding ways to collect and maximize miles and points since the early 2000s when I started to explore the world. This hobby has afforded me some amazing trips and experiences and allowed me to show my children parts of the world they may otherwise never get to see.

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NEWBIE; How do I get started with good credit? I am ready to start applying for cards to maximize miles. any advice will be greatly appreciated.

MilesAbound

Hold tight, newbie guide coming up very soon

TravisZ

I found your site through google search and enjoyed reading it. I just started hounding points and miles myself.

It’s also interesting that we both live in the RDU area.

MidTierStatus

Hey, I noticed you are from the Raleigh area. I moved here recently from Ann Arbor (MI) and was wondering if there are any local frequent flyer meets etc; where we can get together and talk points over a coffee/beer or something like that.

MilesAbound

Hi MidTierStatus and welcome to RDU! I know Ann Arbor is a bit of a hot-bed for miles and points junkies and RDU is pretty similar. I plan on putting on another meet soon – let me look at the schedule and put something down on the calendar. There are definitely many of us here. Just stay off my turf when it comes to VRs ok? 🙂

MidTierStatus

Thanks MilesAbound! I live in Chapel Hill, so hopefully we won’t have to invade one another’s VR turf ;-)!

MilesAbound

Yep I’m near Wake Forest out in the boonies!

Steven

Can you explain to me what you mean by this on your Maldives post?

Is there a way to redeem Southwest points for Hyatt checks?

You can I believe pay for activities with Hyatt Check Certificates so it’s possible you could use say Southwest points at a penny each to pay for diving, or at least take some of the sting off.

MilesAbound

If you have the Chase Southwest card you can convert Southwest points into Hyatt Check certificates at a value of $0.01 per mile

Tim

Are you done with your blog updates? I used to receive your blog posts regularly via email, but I have not seen any in my inbox for quite awhile. Plus, the main post on your website is over a month old. Are you out of the game now?

MilesAbound

Tim – my apologies, I am not done. I have been dealing with some stuff in my personal life that has taken priority. But I have started to get back into it and have some drafts written up. Hopefully will be able to get back to normal service soon!

Tim

Thanks! I follow a lot of different blogs like this, and I was just wondering if I should keep checking up on yours, or take it out of my normal rotation. It sounds like I should keep checking!